A feat of engineering and art. How interesting to pull off such a feat. No, the sound is different than that played on polished instruments by polished musicians but the quality of sound was not the intent. The creativity is markedly unique and skillful and the dedication to the task to produce an original inspiration in a verdant setting is awesome in accomplishment. I say hurrah for humankind! Magnifico!

There is, frankly, a point where "professional" departs from "amateur." Overexposure to western music has spoiled me. It seems like they picked the oldest tune every American would know. Granted, familiarity is something to be cherished, but it's for marketing, to Westerners. I really, really wish America as a culture would get off its comfy musical hiney and make it possible for these folks to have some latitude of choice. Off hand, I can think of a dozen tunes that would have suited at least as well, maybe better with the tempo variations, except that they wouldn't be widely recognized.

It was truly an experience in music, man's ingenuity, hard work, and inspiration! Whoever thought of this, outdid the great thinkers of commercialism! Remarkable! Industrious! Very creative! A superlative idea that was done and recorded for all to enjoy!!
Arigato gozimasu!! May you all live a thousand years...God bless!!!

Aside from the fact that this was most enjoyable, it must have been a major mathematical challenge to select a tree that
they could project would be tall enough to get to the last note after carving, cutting, etc. There is no end to creativity! Thank
the Lord.

Creativity IS. Whether it is for a purely artistic endeavor, a high moral purpose, or a crass commercial one, creativity happens. Let us applaud the avante-garde, joyful spirit that was infused into this offering instead of critiquing motives or methods. Bravo!!

I found pretty beautiful. And to those who suggest it was a waste of time and money remember it is a commercial and we're all watching it and discussing it and now know about a cell phone (whether we like it or not) that we may have never heard of before. So at the minimum as a commercial it was highly successful as you quibble and argue over a Japanese cell phone.

How very wonderful!......so creative and a thing of beauty. Thank you to whomever thought of this, and to all those who worked on it. Makes me want a Touch Wood phone, too.....just to support this company.

WOW ! If all countries spent more time making fun & interesting items like this, instead of guns & weapons & bombs, what a wonderful world this would be. And so very creative & even the animals love it.

Any work of beauty, in a setting of beauty is beautiful and uplifting and most welcomed in a world mired in quarrel and unrestrained greed. I may be a little late seeing this for the first time, but I also enjoyed the comments they made me chuckle! Peace to all.

Dear Mr Bogzop, I´m also a musician. What is to be noticed here is the effort, the playfullness and the dedication man can achieve. The song is a standard, wonderful - but the way it´sbeing played is awesome.

I loved the part where the little ball is making its way towards us. Bobbing this way and that making its little sound. Much like a person ambling along in the woods, even skipping along playfully.. Very friendly and spontaneous. The sound was mindful of those dripping water buckets also used in Japan, for fountains? A curious sonorousness. What a charming gift to us.
And oops, I totally missed that it was a commercial. Ha

I absolutely loved this! How very beautiful in so many respects!!!! Thank you so much, Japanese engineers and crew! You have given me something beautiful to go to whenever I need a shot of strength and peace!!!!

Excuse me for my ignorance, but as I just can recognice part of the song, the parts I din't know weren't so beautiful. My brain could play the music all the way with the ball, but as I got to an unknown part it was less musical. But even so, I enjoy the performance of that little ball.

EGO! That's all this demonstration is all about considering the cost could have been spent helping unfortunate ones specially children and contribute to making this planet a better place to live in. WASTE OF MONEY ALL IN THE NAME OF ARTISTIC EGO!

Truly an AMAZING production from start to finish. Wonder how many people will truly APPRECIATE all of the details and time and effort it took to produce this BEAUTIFUL piece of art that rest of us are able to enjoy over and over again. THANK YOU to all involved for sharing the end product for everyone else to admire and appreciate. It was truly a labor of love!!!

What a beautiful, inspired project. Amazing concept and feat of engineering, sense of place ...all for a commercial product. Fun to create and film, I imagine, for all those concerned. I hope the product is successful, or more importantly, I hope the artists go on to have successful art carers. Thank you!

I love this demonstration of music, talent, woodworking skills, math, engineering, friendships that forma and the technical skills needed to make this lovely video. Thank you for all of your talents. A job well done.

What a fantastic engineering feat!! I found this thoroughly captivating. The joy for me was hearing this unique way of expression of music in a natural setting with natural sounds. I specifically chose not to judge its merits as an ad, the time and money spent, etc., etc. but as a unique artistic expression. Let any negativity reside in the board room when discussing the entire project. On the bright side any one watching and listening will not forget the ad, which was its purpose in the first place.

Do you think Bach ever could've imagined his music would still be heard so many years later? Do you think that he could've imagined a piece of his would be so recognizable that such a feat as this could or would occur? Do you think he could've imagined it might be played in such a way? What do we imagine about our legacy as many years into the future?

How many hours did it take to construct in the shop? How many hours to set up in the woods? How many total feet is it? How many seconds did it take the ball to reach the end? How m\any engineer and technicians worked on this in the shop and then in the field. What was the cost to produce this commercial?

bach wood instrument...quality control and perseverance is the solution to many problems of society.its fantastic . THE FILMING ALONE WAS A LABOR OF LOVE. converting nature creation into human creation is a feat. The smithsonian would be proud to make space for the bach wood instrument...???

Mahalo (thank you) for the most enlightening musical treat, that touched all my senses.... you all did an awesome job... can't wait to buy the phone now... just because of this commercial... hope they sell it in America soon.. Aloha!

I so agree with Kathy Johnson. Considering the time, money and effort that went into this project and the end result, I would have been so much more impressed if it had all gone to cleaning the beaches after the tsunami or hauling out the monetary and hourly equivalent of ocean gyre debris in Japan. However, this is my opinion. To each his own.

What are they talking about? "Bach's treatment of a traditional church hymn! Namely, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Bach WROTE the melody, he didn't do some arrangement of it. Bach's treatment? Nonsense.

As for the big wooden xylophone, it's cute, but frivolous. Go hear the music played on a big pipe organ. THAT's impressive!

The reason for making this, ie. the commercial, is immaterial. The sheer ingenuity, creativity, and ability is mind blowing. This just shows the possibility of man's creative capability to produce something for which there is no practical use apart from the pleasure derived from it. Many thanks to the team for giving us this few moments of pleasure.

I would love to have this instrument descending the hill behind our house. I can imagine designing a simple delivery system to return the ball to the top, so it could play this haunting Bach melody over and over again.

peaceful sound, calming. A person in our neighborhood burns the very best scented wood every night. The air is wonderful each warm evening. Just to combine nightly would be priceless. Enjoy the peace and scents of the best wood. Then add the sounds of sweetness. Life is short. Surround our senses with beautiful odors and sounds and uncalled for drama. Thank you Good Lord for nature.

Truly an extraordinary display of God's blessings to Humanity. He has blessed us with the ability to think and create, and hearts yearning to share our creative gifts and bless others with them. I thank God, in Yeshua's name, for creating us in His image. And certainly for the forrests filled with trees and sky...

Mr. Bach has been my favorite composer of all time and I'm sure that wherever he is now he's is in awe of what has been done here, truly magical. It's a shame that there are those don't appreciate the fact that music can be brought to us in many ways, by many people, by many devices, instruments, etc. as a result of talent and hard work. I loved the quiet wonder of this, a real,masterpiece.

This is marvellously absurd in the best way that it can and should be. Only humans spend so incredibly much energy producing something totally irrelevant, and that's just who we are. I'm all for it, but sometimes I wish we had turned out differently.

As a musician, woodworker and mathematician with a physics background I can appreciate this on many levels. It is a wonderful integration of the three with nature and the human spirit in a creative endeavor requiring cooperation among many people. What is not to like here? Advertising? Consumption of a natural resource? Intrusion into a forest? This is the world in which we live. One can easily find something to complain about in any human activity. I find it more rewarding to seek something to enjoy whenever possible.

Amazingly creative and delightful to watch! This is an ingenious tribute, not only to the individuals who conceived of this idea, but also to the whole group who cooperated in its successful completion!

How beautiful it is to see this creation and all the amazingly sensitive people who are so far away from here (Canada) physically but so connected to us through spirit, energy and humanity. Thank you (even if it was for an ad, at least it has spirit)

Marvellous, simply Marvellous. 3-4 flat spots, but they can be fixed easily. To conceive this, then to make it to reality, is truly creative. My heartiest congratulations to all of you. And, you could not have selected a more enduring piece of music.

I don't think that the most amazing thing is the final run... The impressive is the organization, dedication, team work, effort, precision, etc...

Like STAR TREK quote "is is not the destination, it's the journey that counts!"

For us to see it takes 3 minutes of joy! For them to build a many days or snow, cold, rain, etc... Their pleasure when succeeded was much bigger. After visiting Japan for 5 weeks I can understand them better.

I am self taught to play an Aoleian-Skinner Pipe Organ, and was amazed at the time it took Me to learn all the keyboard and stop's basic's alone. This version of a classic put together by a totally different means of instrumentation remind's me of the many different arangement of pipes on the grand Church organ I had to manipulate and trim to get the sound I desired I wanted to achieve by re-aranging many large and small pipe's to match the tonal qualities I was looking for. I have achieved about 80% of the desired sound quality I have been looking for, and am still working to achieve the other 20%. Touch Wood is to be considered a masterpiece! I'm sure with a bit more time and work, they will have mastered a new way to produce the un-usual sound of Music to the delight of many others. I wish them well. C. Lund.

It's charming. back in the early 60's I drove up to a friend's house. He lived alone by a lake that was surrounded by all sorts of fauna, cattails, ferns and so on. A very isolated spot. As I left my car It was totally quiet; nothing was stirring. Then from out of the vegetation by the lake, I heard the most beautiful flute music. It was my friend ad libbing some kind of flowing, artful tune and the whole scene, nature and music combined in a transcendent moment. The organic sounds of the giant xylophone in the forest took me back to that unforgettable time in my past. It wasn't intrusive, it was relaxing. Above all, the whole idea was original in concept and creation. Bravo and thank you. My highest compliments to the originators.

There's so much that I like about this. Bach, the quintessential European aesthetic being played in the most primordial way possible, by the force of gravity in the deep forest. The patience, intelligence, exquisiteness and, indeed, gentle humor of the piece is both charming and magnificent in an understated fashion. The Japanese genius at work. Well done!

Love it. By the way, the music is not, "Bach's treatment of a traditional church hymn! Namely, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.". Bach wrote it. For those of you who are concerned about the amount of wood used; how much wood is used to build guitars, violins, violas, cellos, base violins, harps, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, ukuleles, recorders, and pianos, (have I missed any?)? I hope you don't have a problem with that use of wood.

OMG! My eye make-up is ruined for the day! i so wish that Mrs. Marinello, the teacher who led the Madrigal Society at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn - in the mid '50s - were still Earth Bound and could hear this. Humans are an amazing species.